the KETOGENIC diet.

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  • wackyfunster
    wackyfunster Posts: 944 Member
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    If you have an absence of insulin, you'll die.
    First, protein causes insulin release as well. Hydrolyzed whey produces as much insulin as many starches. The whole no carbs = no insulin thing is completely 100% false (ketogenic diets don't produce additional weight loss vs. SAD due to ketosis, they produce additional weight loss by nature of being, on average, higher protein, and protein has a higher TEF as well as LBM sparing effect... also the first 2 weeks can yield 5-20 lbs water weight loss depending on previous carb intake and body composition).

    Second, no insulin will not kill you. Fast for 24 hours and you will have no insulin in your system. Think that will kill you? Hint: it won't. You can fast for about 36 hours without any negative effects, and 3 days before any significant health effects start to kick in. The longest recorded fast is over a year.

    Ketogenic diet are still highly overrated, and not advantageous compared to pure calorie restriction, but the diet someone will stick to is always better than the one they won't, so to each their own.
  • chefsmash
    chefsmash Posts: 53 Member
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    little bit of knowledge is a dangerous thing. or as my nan likes to say, opinions are like bum holes, everyone has one.

    Yep, and their own never stinks.
  • AnvilHead
    AnvilHead Posts: 18,344 Member
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    Here's an interesting piece of research review and commentary by Lyle McDonald, who authored the book The Ketogenic Diet:

    http://www.bodyrecomposition.com/research-review/ketogenic-low-carbohydrate-diets-have-no-metabolic-advantage-over-nonketogenic-low-carbohydrate-diets-research-review.html
  • rovernio
    rovernio Posts: 157
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    mhh keto always gets me shredded pre summer, but it's really hard for a begginer, the thing is whe doing keto you should have refeed days in the weekend where you have 1,5 days to eat carbs. to reffil your stores.

    Step by step guide to ckd= healty keto diet= cyclic keto diet

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